The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science: Collected Essays on SF Storytelling and the Gnostic Imagination
A member of the Pulitzer Prize jury, the late Frank McConnell helped science fiction gain standing as serious literature. His 16 essays herein were first presented as papers at the prestigious Eaton Conferences. Initially believing that science fiction is primarily one of many forms of storytelling, McConnell gradually recognized science fiction as a modern expression of Gnosticism, rejecting bodily concerns for an emphasis on spirituality.
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A member of the Pulitzer Prize jury, the late Frank McConnell helped science fiction gain standing as serious literature. His 16 essays herein were first presented as papers at the prestigious Eaton Conferences. Initially believing that science fiction is primarily one of many forms of storytelling, McConnell gradually recognized science fiction as a modern expression of Gnosticism, rejecting bodily concerns for an emphasis on spirituality.
Foreword Neil Gaiman Gaiman, Neil 1Introduction Gary Westfahl Westfahl, Gary 5I Frank McConnell B.C.E. (Before Coming to Eaton) 91 Born in Fire: The Ontology of the Monster 112 Song of Innocence: The Creature from the Black Lagoon 183 H. G. Wells: Utopia and Doomsday 294 Realist of the Fantastic: H. G. Wells about/in/on the Movies 37II Slouching Toward Bedlam: The Early Eaton Essays 475 Sturgeon's Law: First Corollary 486 Boring Dates: Reflections on the Apocalypse Game 577 Frames in Search of a Genre 638 From Astarte to Barbie and Beyond: The Serious History of Dolls 749 The Playing Fields of Eden 8210 It's Only a Paper Moon: Fantasy and the Professors 9111 "Turn That Shit Down!" Or, How to Market an Underground 102III Gnostic Lunch: The Later Eaton Essays 11112 Alimentary, My Dear Watson: Food and Eating in Scientific and Mystery Fiction 11213 You Bet Your Life: Death and the Storyteller 12414 Seven Types of Chopped Liver: My Adventures in the Genre Wars 13215 The Missionary Physician, from Asclepius to Kervorkian 14616 The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science: A Storytelling Animal in an Inhospitable World 155Epilogue: Memories of Frank 164Paul Alkon 164Gregory Benford 166Harold Bloom 167Sheila Finch 167Carl Freedman 168Howard V. Hendrix 169Bruce Kawin 172Joseph D. Miller 173Eric S. Rabkin 175Mark Rose 177George Slusser 178Chapter Notes 181A Bibliography of the Works of Frank McConnell 187A Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Works Cited in the Text 201Index 213
